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Herrera Takes Home December 2016 SOM Honors   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Isabella Herrera as the December Swimmer of the Month.   At the Florida Swimming “B” Championships held at St. Pete’s North Shore Pool, the Five year old Bronze Practice Group swimmer raced to five personal best times out of five events.   Bella averaged an average of 9.58 percent improvement in all of her races.  Bella swam to best times in her 25 and 50 yard Freestyle, 25 yard Breaststroke, 25 yard Backstroke, and 25 yard Butterfly. ...

Buy From SwimOutlet Holiday Sale & Support CVST!   When yiou purchase anything, all year long, including this Holiday Season, and you do it through the CVST/SwimOutlet Portal, you Support CVST!  SwimOutlet.com makes a donation back to CVST on every purchase!  While visiting the SwimOutlet Holiday Shop, also be sure to check out their  12 Days of Holiday Deals !      

Get Your Holiday Embroidery Done at All-Star Athletic All-Star Athletic Apparel & Embroidery is a company that has supported CVST for many years and just in time for the Holidays, has a new retail location, in Citrus Park, on Gunn Hwy.  They have done most of the Coaches and Team embroidery for the past 15 years.  If you need something done for Christmas, there's still time, so be sure to give them a shout.  Only 10 minutes (4 1/2 miles) from the pool you can't beat it.  Beginning early  next...

CVST/Five Below Fundraiser All This Week CVST is holding a Spirit Week Fundraising Event, all this week, December 11-18th, with Five Below, in Carrollwood (next to the Walmart on Dale Mabry).  Five Below will be donating 10% of the total dollars spent by CVST Swimmers, Parents, Families, Alumni, Friends and anyone else who shops there that week and turns in a CVST Spirit Week Flyer   at checkout.  Don't worry, if you don't have your flyer with your, the cashier at checkout should have an extra flyer for you.  ...

CVST Team Holiday Party Info  

Meet Information Letter Released for 2017 Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships   Host Carrollwood Village Swim Team (CVST) has released the 2017 Meet Information Letter for the 2017 Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships, to be held April 7-9, at the Northshore Aquatic Complex, in St. Petersburg, Florida.  The Entry Deadline for this year's event is March 16, 2017.  The Events File will be posted in the next week or so.  The Information Letter and and more are all available at CVST.org  and the Meet Page.  

CVST Team Pictures Have Arrived   Hey #CVST- Team Pictures are in! Check your CVST Mail Box at the pool! #SuperStars #SmilePretty #FunnestTeam    

Coaching From The Stands Is Confusing For Athletes   Kevin Eastman (@kevineastman) is Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers. For the 2013-2014 season, he served as assistant coach under PCA National Advisory Board Member Doc Rivers and served as Rivers’ assistant for nine years with the Celtics, including their 2007-2008 NBA Championship season. Kevin also continues his long relationship with Nike as the national director of Nike’s skill development programs for elite high school and college players, and he is owner and president of Kevin Eastman...

4 Tips On How To Be A Great Swim Parent We try our best at swim parenting and I don’t know a single swim parent who wants to be the reason our kids get stressed or want to quit. My worst mistakes came early on when I was too focused on times and compared my kids to their teammates. I had very little knowledge about swimming and how it’s an ongoing process. It took me years to realize the many benefits my kids gained such as goal setting, learning to...

CCC - Christmas Kids Club Offered Nightly, December 12-23rd Reservations Now Being Accepted at 813-961-1368!